Walt Disney: The Man, the Studio, and the Parks

(Disney, c.1918-19) An incredible, one-of-a-kind signed World War I-era silver gelatin postcard print of a young Walt Disney in his Red Cross uniform.

(Disney, c.1918-19) An incredible, one-of-a-kind sketchbook containing some of the earliest known drawings by Walt Disney. Walt's experiences ov...

(Disney, 1923) A pair of wood sections from Walt Disney's garage animation studio in Los Angeles. In 1923, following the bankruptcy of the Kansa...

(Disney, 1928) An original production drawing by Disney Legend Ub Iwerks of Mickey and Minnie from Plane Crazy, the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon. Plane

(Disney, 1929) An incredibly rare original production background from The Haunted House, a 1929 Mickey Mouse short. Pre-1930 Disney artwork is extreme

(Disney, 1931) An extremely rare letter sent by Walt Disney to his cousin Lena on August 6, 1931. This letter was written at an incredibly significant

(Disney, c.1930s) An incredible pair of early press photographs of Walt and Lillian Disney. The first is a matte photo featuring the pair posing with

(Disney, 1932) A rare vintage Mickey Mouse pin made by renowned London silversmith, Charles Horner. Constructed of black enamel on brass, the pin feat

(Disney, 1932) A set of (3) rare early Mickey Mouse plates from a series of fine china produced in the Bavaria region of Germany. The plates feature s

(Unknown, 1970s) An infamous souvenir pocket knife featuring Mickey Mouse. These knives appeared in the collector's market around the 1970s and ...

(Disney, 1934) An early portable animation drawing board that once belonged to Disney Legend Ken Anderson. These wooden boards were used by animators

(Disney, c.1930-32) A collection of (3) rare early Mickey Mouse Club membership items including a Fox Broadway Theatre Mickey Mouse Club button and a

(Disney, c.1930s) A Mickey Mouse Club application form and a child pass to the Palace Theater that is signed by the club's "Chief Mickey Mo...

(Disney, 1932) A very rare Mickey Mouse vest and fez created by Fisch & Company of Los Angeles for members of the Mickey Mouse Club. The fez is ...

(Disney, 1932) A vintage celluloid Color Bearer pinback button featuring Mickey Mouse, created for children’s Mickey Mouse Club movie theater

(Disney, 1931) An extremely rare original production background from the 1931 Silly Symphony, Egyptian Melodies. The short was the 21st entry in the S

(Disney, 1932) An extremely rare "Exhibitor's Complete Campaign" book for promoting Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies cartoons. This 4...

(Disney, c.1930s) A strand of (8) Silly Symphony lights by Noma in their original box. There are (5) different designs on the shades which feature cha

(Disney, 1939) An original production cel from the final entry in the Silly Symphonies series, The Ugly Duckling. The cel was trimmed and applied to a

(Disney, 1934) This incredibly rare and beautiful original artwork was used for a page in Good Housekeeping Magazine that promoted the Walt Disney Sil

(Old King Cole, 1935) An extremely rare papier mache and wood animated window display created by the Old King Cole company for The Walt Disney Studios

(Disney, 1935) A vintage catalog for the Spanish department store Jorba featuring many rare Disney toys. The 56-page printed catalog contains rare app

(Disney, c.1930s) A wooden accordion bellows with an image of Mickey Mouse on one side. The bellows are made of wooden paddles with a leather accordio

(Disney, 1930s) A rare vintage child's purse manufactured by Cohn & Rosenberger. Constructed of enamel on silvered brass, the purse features...

(Disney, c.1930s) A charming harmonica featuring Mickey and Minnie. Especially given the prominence of music in the early Mickey shorts, musical items

(Disney, c.1930s) A Dixon pencil case featuring Disney characters with a stylish inner lining. The interior is divided into (4) slots for various writ

(Disney, c.1930s) A Mickey Mouse tin sparkler toy in the shape of Mickey's head. When the plunger at the base is depressed, the wheel on the rev...

(Disney, c.1930s) An original Mickey Mouse Club button created in partnership with Emerson Radio that features a pie-eyed Mickey. Measuring 1.25&quo...

(Disney, c.1930s) A rare vintage toy grand piano manufactured in Japan for Walt Disney Productions. The wooden piano stands on three removable legs an

(Disney, 1934) A very rare Mickey Mouse toy candlestick telephone. The toy features a die-cut Mickey attached to the stem and has a rotating dial with

(Disney, c.1930s) A pair of tin litho sweeper toys featuring Mickey Mouse and friends. Following the surge of Mickey's popularity during the ear...

(Disney, 1930s) A pair of rare Mickey and Minnie vintage cloth stuffed dolls manufactured by Steiff. Mickey wears a felt vest, gloves, and boots, with

(Disney, 1930s) A vintage Charlotte Clark-style cloth stuffed Minnie Mouse doll. The pie-eyed doll features pale aqua green gloves, high-heeled shoes,

(Disney, c.1936) A rare pocket knife depicting Mickey Mouse in his popular "pie-eyed" design of the 1930s. The knife was created by the Im...

(Ingersoll, 1936) An early Ingersoll Mickey Mouse pocket watch and fob. This watch is known as the "Bearded Mickey" version, due to the un...

(Ingersoll, c.1930s) A beautiful Ingersoll pocket watch with an image of Mickey at the center, his arms acting as the watch hands. This is the second

(Ingersoll, 1934) A charming alarm clock by Ingersoll featuring imagery of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. The wolf's arms provide t...

(Ingersoll, c.1937) A rare Mickey Mouse watch created by Ingersoll. The watch features Mickey Mouse in the center with the watch hands resembling Mick

(Ingersoll, 1933) An extremely rare Ingersoll pocket watch featuring the Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf. The reverse of the watch is engraved

(Ingersoll, c.1938) A very rare Mickey Mouse watch created by Ingersoll. The watch features Mickey Mouse in the center with the watch hands resembling

(Disney, 1937) An original panoramic production cel from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The cel depicts all seven of the iconic ...

(Disney, 1937) An original production drawing of Grumpy from the animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Accomplished in graphite, the image

(Disney, 1938) A gorgeous "Mickey Mouse Nursery Ware" children's tea set featuring characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Th...

(Disney, 1938) A set of (17) ceramic figurines from the Snow White and Seven Dwarfs set created by Brayton Laguna Studios. The first Southern Californ

(Disney, 1938) A pair of original production cels used in the creation of the Oscar-winning Walt Disney animated short, Ferdinand the Bull. The first

(Disney, c.1940s) A pair of ceramic figures of Ferdinand the Bull and his mother, from the short film Ferdinand the Bull. These styles of figures were

(Disney, 1938) A tin litho wind-up toy of Ferdinand the Bull from the short of the same name. Created by Marx, the toy features Ferdinand and a matado

(Disney, 2006) A limited edition replica street sign based on the original from the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, as it was seen in the 1940s. The s

(Disney, c.1940s) A set of (4) paintings featuring characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. These acrylic paintings were created by an unknown

(Weber, c.1938) An exceptionally rare original animator's desk from the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Walt Disney enlisted renowned German des...

(Disney, c.1940) A very rare original office wardrobe closet from the Walt Disney Studios. The closet was designed by renowned German designer Kem Web

(Weber, 1938) An original Kem Weber "airline" style chair from the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Walt Disney trusted German artist Kem W...

(Disney, c.1940) An extremely rare original sketch of Mickey Mouse that was both drawn and signed by Walt Disney. In many cases, Walt had studio artis

(Disney, 1940) An original production cel set up of Geppetto, Pinocchio, and Figaro with the original scene-matching production background. The cels a

(Disney, 1940) An extremely rare souvenir portfolio created for the world premiere of Walt Disney's Pinocchio at the Center Theatre in New York ...

(Disney, 1940) A beautiful hand-painted and glazed ceramic figurine of Figaro from Walt Disney's Pinocchio. Created by renowned California based...

(Disney, 1939) A lithographically printed tin Pinocchio wind-up toy manufactured by Louis Marx & Co. When the built-in key is wound, an internal...

(Disney, c.1987) A prototype Cibachrome reproduction of Gustaf Tenggren's background artwork from Pinocchio. The framed artwork comes from the c...

(Disney, c.1987) A prototype Cibachrome reproduction of Gustaf Tenggren's background artwork from Pinocchio. The framed artwork comes from the c...

(Disney, 1940) An original production cel of Chernabog from Fantasia's "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence. This 2-layer cel captures th...

(Disney, 1940) An original production cel featuring Ben Ali-Gator and Hyacinth Hippo from the "Dance of the Hours" sequence of Fantasia. T...

(Disney, 1940) A rare hand-painted ceramic fishbowl-style vase by Vernon Kilns Pottery. This elegant vessel features the enchanting goldfish from the

(Disney, 1940) A pair of vintage faun figures attributed to an elaborate department store display themed for Walt Disney’s Fantasia. Construc

(Disney, 1950s) A collection of (6) Italian "photobustas" used to promote a 1950s theatrical rerelease of Fantasia. The color posters feat...

(Disney, 1990) A limited edition concept art print signed by Disney Legend Claude Coats. The print was released for the 50th anniversary of the animat

(Disney, c.1990s) A one-of-a-kind bronze prototype created by renowned sculptor Bill Toma depicting Sorcerer Mickey from Fantasia. This Sorcerer Micke

(Disney, 1941) An incredibly rare archive of documents that were created and distributed during the historic Disney animator's strike of 1941. F...

(Disney, 1941) A beautiful original production cel of Dumbo with a mat that is signed by Walt Disney. The cel of Dumbo was trimmed to image, enhanced

(Disney, 1942) A beautiful cel set up featuring production cels of Bambi, rabbits, and a grass overlay cel, placed over a hand-painted production back

(Disney, 1942) An original production cel of the character Friend Owl from Walt Disney's Bambi. The cel was originally prepared by Courvoisier G...

(Disney, c.1940s) A ceramic figure by Evan K. Shaw of Los Angeles. Depicting Bambi gazing at a yellow butterfly on his tail, the figure is glazed with

(Disney, c.1950s) A Bambi-themed ceramic wall pocket by MCP Mingay Sydney. Featuring a figure of Flower the skunk in a stylized vegetation setting, th

(Disney, 1940s) An original hand-illustrated prototype Fifinella unit insignia for the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Fifinella was designed by Walt D

(Disney, 1940s) A rare vintage Peg Leg Pete squadron patch designed by Disney for the 603rd Bombardment Squadron which served in Europe during World W

(Disney, 1940s) A rare vintage Donald Duck patch designed by Disney for the 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron which served in the Pacific during World War I

(Disney, 1940s) An early version of the wildcat unit insignia for the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. As part of their contribution to the war effo

(Disney, 1942) An extremely rare Walt Disney Productions annual report for the fiscal year ending October 3rd, 1942. In 1942, Disney released the feat

(Disney, 1940) This is the original artwork for the Donald Duck Choo Choo Pull Toy #450 manufactured by Fisher Price, and includes a final version of

(Disney, c.1930s) A wooden Donald Duck pull-toy created by Fisher Price. The toy has lithographically printed imagery for Donald and "flapping&...

(Disney, c.1940s-50s) A collection of (4) vintage Donald Duck-branded canned goods. The collection includes an empty cardboard and tin Donald Duck Ora

(Disney, c.1940s) A very rare gauze Mickey Mouse costume mask. Mickey's growing popularity through the 1940s saw his likeness appear on a variet...

(Disney, c.1940s) A rare Standard Gasoline sign featuring Mickey Mouse. These enamel porcelain tin signs were created after the Standard Oil Company o

(Disney 1943) A wonderful pair of original production cels from the "Pedro the Mail Plane" sequence of Saludos Amigos. The cels of Pedro a...

(Disney, 1944) An extremely rare Walt Disney Productions annual report for the fiscal year ending September 30th, 1944. At this time, Disney’

(Disney, 1945) An extremely rare Walt Disney Productions annual report for the fiscal year ending September 29th, 1945. The reissue of Snow White was

(Disney, 1946) An original score and narration packet for the storyteller album of Peter and the Wolf. The music was written by Sergei Prokofieff and

(Disney, 1946) A vintage original program for the theatrical premiere of Walt Disney's live action and animated feature, Song of the South. The ...

(Disney, 1946) A vintage booklet of sheet music for "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," the popular musical number from the innovative live-action and an...

(Disney, c.1960s) A child-sized linen smock apron with Song of the South-themed print. The adorable garment features a trim of green piping, a segment

(Disney, 1949) A half-sheet Style-B poster for the anthology film So Dear to My Heart. The film earned Bobby Driscoll a Juvenile Award from the Academ

(Disney, 1950) A hardcover "Mickey Mouse Annual" collection of comics and stories that has been signed by Walt Disney in ink on the title ...

(Disney, 1950) A boxed Cinderella watch within a "glass slipper" display. The slipper measures approximately 3" tall at the highest p...

(Disney, 1957) A large 3-sheet poster from the theatrical re-release of the animated feature film Cinderella. Measuring 81"x41", the poste...

(Disney, c.1950s) A dye transfer print depicting the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland that features the studio signature of Walt Disney along the ma

(Disney, 1952) An original concept painting by Disney Legend Mary Blair for the Walt Disney productions short film, Susie the Little Blue Coupe. Blair

(Disney, 1953) A beautiful original production cel and background set-up featuring Captain Hook and Tinker Bell from Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Th...

(Disney, 1969) A large 3-sheet poster from the theatrical re-release of the animated feature film Peter Pan. Measuring 77"x39", the poster...

(Disney, 1952) A collection of (8) promotional materials for Peter Pan. This collection includes a set of (5) de luxe coloramas, one duplicate, a prom

(Disney, 1953) A framed set of (5) original production storyboards for the animated short film Ben and Me. The Academy Award nominated film tells the

(Disney, c.1950s) A vintage tin-litho TV tray for Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett. The metal tray has rubberized clips on the reverse for affixin